Nation and World
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Biden to mark Jewish American Heritage Month with Broadway stars, speak out on antisemitism
May 16, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden will mark Jewish American Heritage Month on Tuesday by highlighting his administration's efforts to combat rising antisemitism when he s...
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Ukraine says it downed Russian hypersonic missiles during 'exceptional' air attack on Kyiv
May 16, 2023 1:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine - Ukrainian air defenses, bolstered by sophisticated Western-supplied systems, thwarted an intense Russian air attack on Kyiv early Tuesday, shooting down ...
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Council of Europe summit in Iceland seeks to hold Russia to account for waging war in Ukraine
May 16, 2023 1:00 am - REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) - Leaders from across Europe are laser-focused on holding Russia to account for its invasion of Ukraine and were poised to approve a system that ...
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Thailand's opposition parties, after stunning election win, set plans to enlist allies to take power
May 15, 2023 1:00 am - BANGKOK (AP) - Following a stunning election victory in which they together captured a majority of seats in the House of Representatives, Thailand's top two opposition p...
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Prosecutor ends probe of FBI's Trump-Russia investigation with criticism, but no new charges
May 15, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Special counsel John Durham found that the FBI rushed into its investigation of ties between Russia and Donald Trump's 2016 campaign and relied too much on ...
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Powerful cyclone floods homes, cuts communications in Myanmar; at least 6 dead, 700 injured
May 15, 2023 1:00 am - DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Rescuers on Monday evacuated about 1,000 people trapped by seawater 3.6 meters (12 feet) deep along western Myanmar's coast after a powerful cyc...
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Europe's economic outlook brightens a little. But inflation still squeezes
May 15, 2023 1:00 am - FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - The European Union's executive body raised its economic growth forecast, saying Europe had dodged a winter recession that was feared amid an en...
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China sentences 78-year-old U.S. citizen to life in prison on spying charges
May 15, 2023 1:00 am - BEIJING - China sentenced a 78-year-old United States citizen to life in prison Monday on spying charges, in a case that could exacerbate the deterioration in ties betwe...
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Slovakia gets technocratic caretaker government until September's early election
May 15, 2023 1:00 am - BRATISLAVA, Slovakia - Slovakia's President Zuzana Caputova swore in on Monday a government of technocrats to lead the country to snap elections in September amid a poli...
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Man with baseball bat attacks Virginia congressman's staffers; suspect in custody
May 15, 2023 1:00 am - FAIRFAX, Va. - A man with a metal baseball bat walked into the office of U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly in Fairfax, Virginia, asked for him - and then struck two members of hi...